Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 3 years in jail (of which 2 suspended), convicted for corruption and sentenced to one year in prison.

Nicolas Sarkozy, who was president of France from 2007 to 2012, was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved. Sarkozy faces other accusations.

In just over two weeks, he will once again be on trial accused of violating campaign financing rules during his failed 2012 re-election bid, by working with a friendly public relations firm to hide the true cost of his campaign.

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